UGO acquires Video Game Site 1UP.com

In an event that has rocked the Video Game Media industry and many gamers in general, it has been confirmed that online media mogul UGO Entertainment have acquired the respected gaming site 1up.com. This event has not come out of the blue as many gaming sites have reported rumours of this move occuring for several weeks.

Normally something like this would not affect a website at all except for a couple of minor behind the scenes reworks. But this is not the case for beloved gaming site 1up.

As a result of Ziff Davis selling the network to UGO, 1up (and its other sites on the network) have suffered MAJOR EMPLOYEE LAYOFFS. Many experienced veterans and young rookies at the site have seen their jobs axed and are now looking for employment elsewhere. This has caused a major outcry from fans of the site who have threatened to now boycott the site all together.

In my opinion this move from UGO to purchase the network was not the right decision. Laying off some of the most beloved employees of the site and removing many fan favourite features due to their reworking strategy of the site was a stupid and idiotic idea. The site will now become generic and dull as 1up's very soul and identity has been axed and destroyed. People did not go there for just for basic news articles, they went there because of the brutal honesty of the authors on both news and reviews, they went there for the podcasts and other major features that UGO has decided to withdraw, piss on and shove away up their fat assholes.

I would like to send my best regards to the following people from 1up who are now unemployed and looking for work. I wish these people a happy, successful and prosperous future:

Adrian Frieg
Amy Mishra
Amy Moran
Andrea Garcia
Andrew Fitch
Andrew "Skip" Pfister
Anthony Gallegos
Cesar Quintero
Christina Rosa
CoyLou Steel
Derek Chinn
Doug Parsons
Eric Ellis
Giancarlo Varanini
Greg Ford
James "Milkman" Mielke
Jason Bertrand
Jason Wilson
Jervilyn Jaramillo
Justin Frechette
Leslie Gelfand
Marci Yamaguchi
Matt Chandronait
May Tong
Meredith Stowe
Michael Donahoe
Monique Convertito
Ndubuisi Madu
Nick Suttner
Norris Boothe
Philip Kollar
Rey Serrano
Robert Bowen
Rosemary Pinkham
Ryan O'Donnell
Ryan Scott
Shane Bettenhausen
Simon Cox
Tammy Ross
Tipler Ubbelohde

On a final note. I would personally like to say FUCK YOU to the owners of UGO ENTERTAINMENT. You have single handedly destroyed one of the most honest and respected gaming sites on the internet. Go suck your mum's hairy balls and shove your head back up her massive, loose, gaping hole!

Looks like I and many others are stuck with the wonderful Kotaku. That is definitely not a bad thing but having 1up combined with it was spectacular.

I refuse to support the shittest, most biased and money bribed sites Gamespot and IGN. They can GO AND GET FUCKED BY THEIR DAD!

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